First Financial Northwest (FFNW) Competitors

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FFNW or CBFV?

First Financial Northwest received 77 more outperform votes than CB Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 36.99% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Financial Northwest	Outperform Votes 212 60.40%	Underperform Votes 139 39.60%
CB Financial Services	Outperform Votes 135 36.99%	Underperform Votes 230 63.01%

Do analysts prefer FFNW or CBFV?

First Financial Northwest currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. CB Financial Services has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.96%. Given First Financial Northwest's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than CB Financial Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Financial Northwest	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
CB Financial Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FFNW or CBFV?

55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FFNW or CBFV?

First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FFNW or CBFV?

In the previous week, First Financial Northwest and First Financial Northwest both had 2 articles in the media. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.15 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Financial Northwest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CB Financial Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FFNW or CBFV?

CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. CB Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Northwest	$80.93M	2.55	$6.30M	$0.11	203.47
CB Financial Services	$86.24M	1.75	$22.55M	$4.45	6.63

Is FFNW or CBFV a better dividend stock?

First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Financial Northwest pays out 354.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CB Financial Services pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FFNW or CBFV more profitable?

CB Financial Services has a net margin of 24.51% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 1.31%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 8.27% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Financial Northwest	1.31%	0.66%	0.07%
CB Financial Services	24.51%	8.27%	0.78%

Summary

CB Financial Services beats First Financial Northwest on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.